diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 579dacafef..d614777cba 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -6020,7 +6020,7 @@ (define-public texlive-generic-listofitems
            (copy-recursively (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source") target)
            #t))))
     (home-page "https://www.ctan.org/pkg/listofitems")
-    (synopsis "Grab items in lists using user-specified seperation character")
+    (synopsis "Grab items in lists using user-specified separation character")
     (description
      "This package allows one to capture all the items of a list, for which
 the parsing character has been selected by the user, and to access any of